Apparel holder for coat hangers



' July 21, 1953 D. C. KLEIST APPAREL HOLDER FOR COAT HANGERS Filed Aug. 27, 1949 mmvrox. Dad/er CK/e/sf BYMJ Z A T TORNEYJ Patented July 21, 1953 1 2,646,195 APPAREL HOLDER Fort-coA'r HANGERS Dudley o. Kleist, Portland, Oreg.

Application August 27, 1949, Serial No. 112,667 5 Claims. (01. 223-88) This invention relates to a device to be applied to a wire coat hanger and the like for supporting articles of wearing apparel.

Wire coat hangers are extensively used by cleaning and pressing establishments for delivering various types of garments. have shoulder supports for articles of clothing such as coats, vests, jackets and dresses, and a horizontal bar for supporting trousers and skirts. This type of hanger, however, ordinarily includes no satisfactory: provision for holding smaller articles such as neckties, dress belts and the like. Articles of this kind are often draped loosely over the bar of the hanger from whence they may easily slip off and become-lost. Small articles are sometimes pinned together beneath the bar but this cannot be accomplished in a satisfactory manner if also there is a large garment on the bar. Even though ties, belts and the like may be pinned on the hanger bar, theystill have sliding therefore to provide improved apparel holding means for wire coat hangers to hold small articles such as neckties and dress belts in a neat and Such hangers sheet which form a double thickness wall on one' 1 ,side of the tube I! so that thebar I3 is disposed within the tube as shown. To facilitate assembly orderly arrangement so that they will not become lost or wrinkled regardless of the presence or absence of other garments on'the hanger.

A further object is to provide a supporting member of-stifi sheet material having a plurality of article holding openings to hold small articles on a coat hanger in spaced relation, and having means for preventing such articles fromslipping out of their openings. A further object is to providea tubular garmentsupport for coat hangers having an improved form of rolled edge to facilitate insertion of the coat hanger for installing the support onthe horizontal bar of the coat hanger.

v The invention will be'more readily understood from the following description having reference to a preferred embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the present device applied 7 to a wire coat hanger and carrying a necktie and belt in two of its article supportingopenings;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

The numeral 10 refers generally to a common type of wire coat hanger having a hook I I, laterally extending sloping shoulder bars I2 to carry coats, jackets, vests and dresses, and a horizontal bar I3 to carry trousers, skirts and other articles of apparel. 'It is the usual practice to hang necktiesand dress belts over the horizontal bar I3. If there is some larger article of apparel already on the bar I3, such as a pair of trousers, the smaller articles are ordinarily draped loosely thereover, but if there is nothing else on the bar the smaller articles will then slide freely to one end or the other and become wrinkled inv the angle or corner I4.

Theinvention comprises a combined guard or shield and article holding member I5 formed from a single sheet of cardboard or the like. The upper portion of this sheet is rolled from its edge I6 to form a stiff .tube. I! for supporting the remainder of the sheet in a vertical hanging position from the bar I3 of the hanger. The member I 5 is assembled on the hanger by passing the bar I3 between overlappedportions'of the the upper corners of the sheet are rounded as at 20 to form a spiral approach to the top edge l6 withinthe tubular roll, The parallel vertical side'edges 2| of the sheet extend most of the way around the ends of the-tube and over the top of the bar l3 and the tubeis of sufficient length between the edges 2| to crowd these edges sub? stantially into the corners I4 so that the holder I5 cannot move longitudinally on the bar.

Figure 3 illustrates how the rounded corner "20 forms a spiral guide to lead the coat hanger wire easily into the center of the tube past the edge I6, permitting the devices to be assembled more rapidly than'if the ends of the tube were square cut all aroundthe circumference. The

preferred assembly technique is to grasp the roundedcorner 2o withthe bar I3 slightly inclined'to the axis of the tube IT as shown in full lines. Then, the corner I4 of the hanger may be caused to follow around the corner 20 until the 50. Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the function of the rounded corners in bar 13 passes behind the edge I6 whereupon the corner M then follows theedge I6 with the bar one rapid continuous movement of the right hand. The rounded corner 20 also forms a guide I for theinside surface of corner I4 so that a ascends 3 hanger may be removed from the tube in on simple longitudinal movement without damaging the tube. By thus facilitating the assembly there is less natural inclination for the operator partially to unroll the tube [7, which might impair the function of the holder l5.

The vertical hanging portion of the sheet [5 in Figure l is provided with a series of horizontal cuts or scores and vertical cuts or scores 26 which form a series of spring tabs 2? and openings 28 having article supporting lower edges 30. A number of small articles such as the neck- 1 tie and belt 36 may be thrust through the openings 28 to hang in spaced'relation distributed along the length of the bar l3, each-article being engaged by the lower edge of atab"2'l to prevent it from slipping out. 'Thus the indi-. vidual openings 23 for each article keep the articles separated and unwrinkled, and theparallel edges 21 of the sheet by being in substantial engagement with the corners is ofth'eha nger prevent any longitudinal movement ofthe-whole assembly on the bar i3. When a necktie is doubled and the looppushedthrough an opening as shown, the lower edge of the tab acts as a pawl to bind the thick part of the-loop-against slippingback while at thesame time the weight of the long ends prevents the loop from slipping through further in the direction in which its was inserted. Also, the length of the opening 28 is preferably less than the greatest width of a necktie to prevent-the large end frcmpulling through.

The present device does not impair the use of the hanger for larger articles of apparel but rather facilitates such use as 'it provides the large stifif tube iiior supporting trousers and the like whichwouldotherwise have to be folded sharply over the thin bar l3. 'Any small articles suspended in the openings 28 are held flat and protected beneath the larger and heavier gar ments, which is ofadvantage'in handling and delivering the garments in the business of a cleaning and pressing establishment.

"Advertising matter. or other printing'imay be appli'e'dto' thefiat portion of the sheet "Wright across the article supporting-openings"'28 inasmuch as the "tabs" 2 i normally close these openin 'gs and preserve the continuity or the sheet for display" purposes;

In the modification shown in Figure 4, the horizontal'ciits ii seats and vertical cuts 13 form pairs of tabs hinging as at M5 on opposite sides'of'apparel openings. When a'loop of the necktiet-Ja 'is inserted, the tabs are spread apart somewhat at' theirends, and the'lower edges of the tabs engage the necktie by spring action to exert suiiicientbinding action to prevent slippage. Here again it is preferable to double the tie and push the loop only a short distance through ,thettabs so that the greater weight will hang'on the side of the sheet l5 opposite the pushed out tabs.

l. A combination guard or shield'and article holder for -use with a wire coat hanger having a horizontal-bar, comprising a sheet of stiff ma terial having a rolledporticn to encircle said bar and support the remainder of the sheet ina through said openings, and tabs coextensive with said openings and having lower edges for engaging articles inserted through said openings to prevent the articles being displaced therefrom.

2. An article holder for use with a wire coat hanger having a horizontal bar, comprising a sheet of stiff material having a rolled upper portion to encircle said bar and support the remainder of the sheet in a vertical hanging position, said "sheet having vertical and horizontal cuts to form a series of openings having lower edges for supporting articles inserted through said openings, and tabs coextensive with said openings and having lower edges for engaging articles inserted through said openings to prevent said articles being displaced therefrom, said tabsLpresenting a substantially continuous surfacev across said sheet for printed matter.

3. 'Aholder for small articles of apparel on a wire coat hanger having a horizontal bar connected'at the lower corners'of' the hanger with sloping shoulder bars, comprising a sheet of stiff material having a rolled upperend-toencircle said bar and support -a'portion'oi the sheet in a vertical hanging position, said lshe'et'having parallel side edgesforming endson said-ro'll to engage said corners of thehanger arid prevent longitudinal movement of the-roll" on said bar, rounded cornerson said sheet within said rijll to guide the hangerwireinto the rollin assembling the holder on the hanger said sheet having, horizontal'and vertical cuts in thehanging portion thereof forming a-series er article'supporting openings having' loweredges' for supporting articles insertedthrough said openings, and tabs coextensive with said openings and having lower edges for engaging articles 5 inserted through said openings to preventthe articles being displaced therefrom.

4. An article support for-carrying sma1l articles of apparel beneatha -I"olded"garment-'on a horizontal coat hanger bar, comprising a member having a tubdlarportion to *encircle 'said bar andsupport-a garmenton the bar, and-a vertical free hanging 'sh'eeton-said tubular portion having 'a series of intersecting horizontal and vertical cuts forming openings having lower edges for supporting articles inserted through said openings, and tabs coextensive with-"said openingsand having lower edgesfor-engaging articles inserted through said openings to pre vent the articles being'displaced therefrom.

5. An article support for carrying sma'll' articles of apparel on ahorizontal co'at' hanger bar, comprising amember having a tubulanportion to 'encircle said barand a vertical sheet adapted to hang from said: tubular portion, saidj sheet having a series of horizontaland-vertical" cuts therein forming openings having articlesupporting edges, and flexible tabs coextensive with said openings and having lower edges formed" by said horizontal cuts, said -lower edges'of the tabs being "coextensive with the length of '"said' cuts to engage articles on said supportingedges over substantially the entire lengthof eachedge.

DUDLEY-C. Y KLEIs'r.

References Cited in the file .of Lthis patent UNITED STATES'PA IENTS Kohl et al.j "'Dec.f2'7, 1949 

